• trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works
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    15 hours ago

    It’s populist symbol politics, of course it’s unsustainable and will waste a shitload of resources for a whole bunch of nothing.

    All that for cozying up to the voters of the AfD Nazi scum. Congratulations, “democratic” parties. slow clap

    • Elvith Ma'for@feddit.org
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      You’re on the right track - judging by their policies, the CDU (Christian Democratic Union) is as Christian and democratic as the far right extremist* party AfD (Alternative for Germany) is a viable alternative…

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    16 hours ago

    I cross the Swiss German border 3-5 times per week. Instead of 2 angry Germans staring at you they now have 6 angry Germans staring at you while driving past them.

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      16 hours ago

      The only time I ever had to take a drug test was while crossing into Switzerland.

  • Որբունի@jlai.lu
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    13 hours ago

    I go to Germany regularly, never been checked. Police go to the same supermarket to do their shopping but they don’t check the border. There’s thousands of roads they’d have to monitor 24/7. Even during COVID restrictions small roads were never monitored consistently.

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    Germany has some 3700 km of land borders, more than the US’ border with Mexico. German politicians and media have not been honest about the funding and personnel that would be required to seriously control immigration.

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      14 hours ago

      It’s completely unnecessary and stupid. There is one border we need to protect and it’s the Schengen Border.

      Everything else is right wing populism

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      Nor do they want to be honest about how arbitrary the controls are. If they were to properly control the most likely means used by organized crime to get people in, trucks, we would see the German economy and European logistics collapse.